Confiscation

A Confiscation is a legal seizure by a government entity or public authority .

• Example(s):
  • Distraint.
  • Tax Levy.
• Counter-Example(s)
  • Legal Claim.
• See: Tax, Legal Act.

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References

2016

• (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confiscation Retrieved 2016-09-11
  • Confiscation (from the Latin confiscatio "joining to the fiscus, i.e. transfer to the treasury") is a legal seizure by a government or other public authority. The word is also used, popularly, of spoliation under legal forms, or of any seizure of property as punishment or in enforcement of the law.

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